First Day of School

After a great three years at his beloved preschool, B started "el-ee-MENT-ary" school (pronounciation his) last week at George Watts Montessori, a public magnent school in Durham. He is in a preK/kindergarten class. He seems to be very enthusiastic so far and especially enjoys carrying his own lunch box and backpack, as you can see. He put up with Mom and Dad tagging along on his first day, but pretty much pretended not to know us!

For his first day slide show, check out:

http://picasaweb.google.com/HayesFamilyNC/FirstDayOfSchool

To the Outer Banks and Beyond

This month we loaded up for our second annual family vacation to the northern Outer Banks of NC. Despite the dreaded "dead battery on the DVD player" crisis, all 4 managed to survive the drive. We had a week of beautiful weather and fun time at the beach, pool and cruising around the island on (or behind) our bikes. B's swimming skills improved--he can now actually remove his feet from the bottom of the pool! S had a good time in the sand (not so much on the waves) and did his first "real" walking at the ripe old age of 16 months. Friends were able to join us for the final weekend which made it extra special.

For a slideshow of our trip, check out our online photo album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/HayesFamilyNC/OuterBanks2008

Happy Birthdays!

It was a big week at the Hayes house as B turned four on April 10 and S turned one on April 14! We celebrated with a trip to see the Durham Bulls with friends and a joint birthday party on Saturday complete with cookie-cakes and lots of cool gifts. The guys also got cookies delivered to school for snack on their respective actual birthdays, so they didn't have to share EVERYTHING :) We're still a little in shock at how fast the past year has gone by, but we're very proud of our "big" boys.

For a full photo walk through the weekend, check out our album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/HayesFamilyNC/Birthdays2008

Day at the Park

We're having some spring-like weather, so we headed out for a walk and a trip to the park this Saturday. Check out the growing boys!

S 10 months/ B 3 years 10 months

Christmas 2007

I apologize to all for posting Christmas pictures in February, but just now got around to downloading them all from the camera. We had a great LONG trip heading out to see all the grandparents. Collected an all-time record amount of Santa-loot, thanks to B and S. Here's the link to our holiday photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/HayesFamilyNC/Christmas2007